Cuspidor.



D. OAVICGHIOLI.

GUSPIDOR. APPLICATION FILED MAY 15. 1912.

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Patented July 30, 1912.

DANTE CAVICCHIOLI, NEW YORK, N. Y.

CUSPIDOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July so, 1912.

Application filed May 15, 1912. Serial No. 697,364. I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANTE CAvIooHIoLI, a citizen of the United States,and residing at Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuspidors, ofwhich the following is a specification, such as will enable thoseskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide a cuspidor having the usualdepressed top provided with a central opening and with means for washingsaid top and to keep the same clean, and whereby said cuspidor may bemade to present a cleanly appearance at all times, and with this andother objects in view the invention consists in a device of the classspecified constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification of whichthe accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of myinvention are designated by suitable reference characters in each of theviews, and in which Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of myimproved cuspidor, and :Fig. 2 a transverse section on the line 22ofFig. 1.

ln the practice of my invention I provide a casing 1 having a bottom 2,and said casing is preferably circular in form, and the bottom 2 ispreferably raised and said casing is also provided with a removable topor cover 3 made in the form of an inverted cone and provided with acentral opening 4:, and the rim of said top which rests on the casing 1,as shown at 5 is provided with a raised and inwardly curved flange 6.

Placed centrally within the casing 1 and secured to the bottom 2 is asupplemental casing 7 the transverse dimensions of which are aboutone-third of the transverse dimensions of the casing 1, and the heightof which is a little more than half the height of said casing 1, andsaid supplemental casing is provided with a removable convex cap 8having a projecting flange or rim 9.

Placed in the supplemental casing 7 is a vertically movable box-shapedplunger 10 the bottom of which is provided with a central port orpassage 11 adapted to be closed by a valve 12 hinged to said bottom at13, and the bottom of the flange is also provided with a hanger 1 1which limits the downward movement of said valve.

lVithin one side of the casing 1 is another casing 15 which ispreferably angular in cross section and which is provided with adownwardly inclined cover 16, and within the chamber 1'? formed by thecasing 15 is placed the means for operating the plunger 10 whichconsists of an arm 18 pivoted at 19 and extending through slots 20 and21 in the adjacent walls of the casings 15 and 7, and the inner end ofwhich is provided with a slot 22 through which passes a pin 23 connectedwith ears 2d formed on or connected with a yoke-shaped device 25 securedto the plunger 10.

' In the bottom of the chamber 17 is a raised support 26 to which ispivoted a pedal lever 27 which passes out through a slot 28 in the wallof the casing 1 and is provided with a foot piece 29, and connected withthe pedal lever 27 is a link 30 which is also connected with the arm 18and a spiral spring 31 is connected with the pedal lever 27 at 32 andwith the support of the arm 18 at 33. The spring 31 normally holds thearm 18, the plunger 10, and the parts connected with the arm 18, in theposition shown in full lines in Fig. 1, but said parts may be depressed,as shown in dotted lines in said figure, by pressure applied to the footpiece 29 of the pedal lever 27.

Connected with the bottom portion of the supplemental casing 7, as shownat 341, are pipes 35 which extend outwardly, radially to the Wall of thecasing 1 and thence up to the top thereof, and said top is provided withapertures or openings 36 to receive the ends of said pipes, and the wallof the casing 7 is also perforated about midway of the height thereof,as shown at 37. In the use of this device water is poured into thecasing through the top 3 thereof and this water flows down into thebottom 2 of said casing, and enough of this water is used to fill saidcasing approximately to the point indicated at 38, and if cigar stubs orother refuse matter or substances are thrown into the cuspidor they toowill fall down into the bottom of the casing 1 and into the water 38,and spittle or other products of expectoration after falling onto thetop 3 will also flow down into the water 38, and if at any time it isdesired to clean the top 3 the pedal lever 27 is depressed by means ofthe foot or otherwise, and this operation depresses the arm 18 andforces the plunger 10 downwardly and the water in the supplementalcasing 7 which flows thereinto through the perforations 37 is forced outthrough the pipes 35 and is discharged onto the top-of the cover 3 fromwhich it flows back into the casing 1 and this operation, as will beunderstood, will thoroughly clean the top 3.

The object of the port or passage 11 in the bottom of the plunger 10 isto permit any liquids that may gather in said plunger to flow back intothe bottom of the casing 7 when said plunger is raised, this lastoperat-ion being performed by the spring 32, and when said plunger isdepressed, as hereinbefore described, the valve 12 closes the port orpassage 11.

When it is desired to empty the main casing 1 of its contents the top orcover 3 is removed and said casing may be emptied and cleaned in theusual manner, and if it is desired at any time to clean the inner casing7 the cap 8 thereof may also be removed.

The flange 6 of the top or cover 3 prevents thewater propelled throughthe pipes 35 from being thrown out and scattered and compels the saidwater to flow down over the top or cover 3, as hereinbefore described.

The bottom of the casing 1 is provided beneath the pedal lever 27 with aprojecting footpiece 39 which prevents the tilting of the cuspidor whenpressure is applied to said lever, but my invention is not limited tothe means, herein shown and described, for operating the arm 18, ordepressing said arm, and any suitable means may be provided for thispurpose.

It will be observed that the casing 7 is directly under the centralopening in the top or cover 3, and when looking into the cuspidornothing can be seen except the cap 8 of the supplemental casing 7, andwhen the top or cover 3 is washed by the water propelled through thepipes 35, as hereinbefore described, the said water also flows down ontothe cap 8 and cleans said cap and the cuspidor may thus be made topresent a clean appearance at all times.

My invention is also not limited to the form of the separate parts orcasings thereof, nor to other details of construction herein shown anddescribed, and various changes therein and modifications thereof may bemade, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing fromthe spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Let ters Patent, is

1. A cuspidor comprising a main outer casing having a removabledepressed cover provided with a central opening, a supplemental centralinner casing having a removable cap, and the side walls of which areperforated, pipes connected with the bottom of the supplemental innercasing and extending upwardly to the top of the main outer casing andpassing through apertures in the rim portion of the cover thereof, aplunger mounted in the supplemental inner casing, and means foroperating said plunger.

2. In a cuspidor, a main outer casing hav ing a removable conicalinverted cover provided with a central opening and the rim of which isprovided with an inwardly curved flange, a supplemental central innercasing provided with a cap, and the side Walls of which are perforated,pipes connected with the bottom portion of said inner casing andextending to the top portion of the main outer casing and throughapertures in the cover, a plunger mounted in the inner casing, and meansfor operating said plunger.

3. In a cuspidor, a main outer casing having a removable conicalinverted cover provided with a central opening and the rim of which isprovided with an inwardly curved flange, a slmpleinental central innercasing provided with a cap, and the side walls of which are perforatedpipes con nected with the bottom portion of said inner casing andextending to the top portion of the main outer casing and throughapertures in the cover, a plunger mounted in the inner casing, and meansfor operating said plunger comprising an arm pivoted in one side portionof the main outer casing and in operative connection with said plunger,and means for operating said arm.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 14th day of May 1912.

DANTE CAVICCHIOLI. Witnesses C. MULREANY, S. ANDnnws.

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